Jimmy Darmody

James Edison "Jimmy" Darmody (January 1898-August 1921) was an American bootlegger and the former right-hand man of Enoch Thompson, the Atlantic County Treasurer and powerful bootlegger. Darmody was a loose cannon, and he was killed by Thompson for betraying him.

Biography
James Edison Darmody was born in January 1898 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the illegitimate son of Atlantic County Treasurer Louis Kaestner and Irish prostitute Gillian Darmody, who was just thirteen years old when she gave birth to James. Darmody was raised by his young mother, who was later helped by Atlantic County Treasurer Enoch Thompson, Kaestner's right-hand man. Darmody saw Thompson as a father figure, and Thompson hoped that Darmody would become a high-ranking politician and his successor. Darmody was sent to attend Princeton University, where he met Angela Ianotti, whom he married and had a son, Tommy, with. In 1917, his mother visited Princeton, and a teacher made advances towards her. Darmody retaliated by beating up the teacher, and a drunken Darmody and his mother slept together; he was 19 and she was 32, close ages. Darmody was ashamed of what he had done, and he decided to join the US Army and serve his country during World War I. Darmody was awarded a medal for his service at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, and he was wounded in the right leg by German shrapnel.

Prohibition
On 16 January 1920, he returned to New Jersey, and he became a driver and bodyguard for Thompson, who was slightly upset by Darmody's decision to abandon his family to fight in the war. Darmody was upset when he was made an assistant clerk to Paddy Ryan, as he had hoped to become the Chief Clerk instead of Ryan. He decided to make moves on his own, and he met Al Capone during a meeting between Thompson, James Colosimo, Johnny Torrio, Lucky Luciano, and Arnold Rothstein; the two talked about their service in the war, with Capone falsely claiming that he served in the "Lost Battalion". The two became friends, and they decided to steal a shipment of Rothstein's liquor after it arrived at the docks on 18 January 1920. Darmody was forced to flee to Chicago to prevent Rothstein and Luciano from retaliating, and he later returned to Atlantic City to continue work for Thompson. Darmody succeeded in reconnecting with his illegitimate father, Commodore Kaestner, and the two of them decided to take control of Atlantic City from Thompson. They nearly took over the city with the help of Mickey Doyle, Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and other powerful bosses, but Thompson and his allies retaliated against Darmody. Darmody's shipment of booze was destroyed by Thompson before Manny Horvitz could receive it, and Horvitz became an enemy of Darmody. Horvitz killed Angela Darmody and her lesbian lover at Darmody's house, sparing the child. An enraged Darmody killed his illegitimate father, regretting working for him, and he headed to meet Thompson at the Atlantic City War Memorial in hopes of reconciling. However, Thompson shot Darmody in the face, killing him.